Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI

Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by andai on Sunday October 20, 2024 @07:35PM (#41899427)

Very interesting!

My first thought when seeing this is, could I use this as a "progress map" for a subject I'm learning? So add my own notes, and use AI to find and recommend more resources?

My second thought is, can you build one of these for everything I've ever learned, and want to learn?

I've long (15 years?) been waiting for a system that knows not only my interests, but my knowledge, and can use that data to find or generate the optimal learning experience for any subject.

(Khan Academy used to have a big interconnected graph of how all the knowledge on their platform fit together (dependencies) but for some reason they removed it...)

AI is getting pretty close, especially now that they've rolled out memory and conversations... wild times we live in!

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by artur_makly on Sunday October 20, 2024 @07:51PM (#41899499)

@andai check out https://www.perplexity.ai/spaces its _kind of_ what you are describing.. it's UX is unstructured compared to a mind-map or timeline. But we are starting to see the nascent stages of where all this is going. exciting times indeed.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by arthurtakeda on Sunday October 20, 2024 @08:33PM (#41899686)

that's a very interesting use case, could be the long-term vision for the project, thanks for sharing!

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by hm-nah on Sunday October 20, 2024 @09:37PM (#41899960)

Smells like a knowledge graph

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by matly on Monday October 21, 2024 @03:32AM (#41901605)

You could take a look at Obsidian [1], or similar knowledge management tools. There is certainly a lot of movement in the plugin ecosystem right now, for example the obsidian-canvas-llm-extender [2], which (likely) does what you're asking for.

1: https://obsidian.md/ 2: https://github.com/phasip/obsidian-canvas-llm-extender

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by soco on Monday October 21, 2024 @06:54AM (#41902777)

I always found Obsidian and whatever other tools a huge time investment by itself with more effort to use them than actually getting the managed knowledge.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by Tier3r on Monday October 21, 2024 @07:08AM (#41902876)

Same for Anki, Notion, Zettelkatsen etc. Even ignoring the setup cost, it costs as much effort to insert in something as it does to retrieve it. The value prop tends to be low for individuals.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by zs234465234165 on Monday October 21, 2024 @08:18PM (#41909924)

Anki doesn’t belong on this list

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by Tier3r on Monday October 21, 2024 @08:34PM (#41910014)

As much as I love Anki there is enormous friction in creating the cards, especially as a beginner. And you very easily get overfitting when you keep seeing the same question.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by xyzsparetimexyz on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:13PM (#41910513)

A technique I've found that works for learning languagea in Anki is to generate or download massive deck, suspend all of it and then whenever I encounter an unfamiliar word in the wild I unsuspend it and set it up for review. Takes like 5 seconds.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by elric on Monday October 21, 2024 @03:49AM (#41901701)

> Khan Academy used to have [...] but for some reason they removed it

I'm quite saddened by all the stuff that's been removed from Khan Academy over the years. Most of the non-maths content has been removed. The knowledge graph has been removed, etc. I've stopped donating to them because every time I use it, the experience has gotten worse.

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by sersi on Monday October 21, 2024 @07:58AM (#41903174)

Do they ever explain why they removed this content?

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI by ru6xul6 on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @12:19AM (#41911155)

I had the exact same wish for an interconnected knowledge map, so I'm building it myself! Please check out https://onri.ai, which plots all human knowledge on a Google Map, with their dependencies. I'm still building out the navigation algorithm and user features, but please let me know whether that fits your use case :)

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